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I trust myself, stay open to each situation, and take the chances life offers me.",[301,302,303,304,305,306],"Sore wrist","Left wrist pain","Right wrist pain","Wrist ache","Stiff wrist","Douleur au poignet","arms-and-hands",{"type":309,"value":310,"toc":478},"minimark",[311,316,341,349,353,360,365,368,372,375,379,382,386,389,393,396,400,403,407,415,430,433,437,440],[312,313,315],"h2",{"id":314},"what-wrist-pain-is","What wrist pain is",[317,318,319,320,325,326,330,331,335,336,340],"p",{},"Wrist pain is pain, aching or stiffness in the joint between the forearm and the hand. The wrist is made of eight small bones and many ligaments and tendons, so pain can come from several places. Common causes are a ",[321,322,324],"a",{"href":323},"\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fsprain","sprain"," or a fracture after a fall, overuse from repetitive movements such as typing or sport, inflamed tendons (for example at the base of the thumb), a ganglion (a fluid-filled lump), ",[321,327,329],{"href":328},"\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fosteoarthritis","osteoarthritis"," and ",[321,332,334],{"href":333},"\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Frheumatoid-arthritis","rheumatoid arthritis",". Numbness and tingling in the fingers, especially at night, often point to ",[321,337,339],{"href":338},"\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fcarpal-tunnel","carpal tunnel syndrome",".",[317,342,343,344,348],{},"Mild wrist pain often settles with rest, ice, a support and simple painkillers. A fracture of the small scaphoid bone at the base of the thumb can be missed on a first X-ray, so a fall followed by lasting pain should be checked. Physiotherapy, splints, injections and sometimes surgery are used depending on the cause. ",[321,345,347],{"href":346},"\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Ftennis-elbow","Tennis elbow"," is a neighbouring complaint of the forearm.",[312,350,352],{"id":351},"the-emotional-meaning-of-wrist-pain","The emotional meaning of wrist pain",[317,354,355,356,359],{},"The wrists are the pivots of the hands. They give the hands their mobility, suppleness and flexibility, link them to the forearms, and start every movement the hands make. Spiritually, they express your will in action. When you act and move forward fluidly, the wrists are read as strong. The ",[321,357,358],{"href":130},"arms and hands"," page gives the wider picture.",[361,362,364],"h3",{"id":363},"action-that-is-held-back","Action that is held back",[317,366,367],{},"A stiff or painful wrist is linked to an obstruction, a block or a refusal around actions you feel you should take. Skilled, precise activities are the first to suffer. Pain here can be read as energy pushed down about something that needs doing but that you hold back. It can also be something from the past that weighs so heavily you would rather deny it ever happened.",[361,369,371],{"id":370},"pressure-and-indecision","Pressure and indecision",[317,373,374],{},"The pressure you are under may be so great that you no longer know which direction to take. Spiritually, the wrist is the place of a great indecision. A gentle question to ask is what the pain now \"excuses\" you from: which movements, and so which activities, you are no longer obliged to do.",[361,376,378],{"id":377},"responsibility","Responsibility",[317,380,381],{},"The wrist is also linked to how you carry responsibility. You may want to step back from some situations, or find it hard to recognise how much your own acts matter. The spiritual interpretation invites you to check whether you are blaming other people for a rigidity that is partly your own. Take this as a question to explore, not a verdict.",[361,383,385],{"id":384},"influence-and-new-directions","Influence and new directions",[317,387,388],{},"A wrist problem can show how easily you are swayed by others. You may resist new directions, new solutions, or simply your own creativity.",[361,390,392],{"id":391},"feeling-tied-or-handcuffed","Feeling tied or handcuffed",[317,394,395],{},"Some people with sore wrists feel chained, as if handcuffed, in a situation or a relationship, and prevented from saying something. The wrist then stops the hands from moving. If a relationship truly restricts you, controls you or frightens you, talk to someone you trust or a support service and get to safety; that is not something to work through alone.",[361,397,399],{"id":398},"a-sprain-or-a-fracture","A sprain or a fracture",[317,401,402],{},"A wrist sprain or fracture needs proper medical care. Spiritually, it is read as a deep conflict about how you express yourself in life and how life works through you. A break may feel like a call to stop looking for reasons to escape your responsibilities.",[312,404,406],{"id":405},"left-side-or-right-side","Left side or right side?",[317,408,409,410,414],{},"The spiritual interpretation of the ",[321,411,413],{"href":412},"\u002Fguides\u002Fleft-vs-right-side-of-the-body","left and right sides of the body"," gives each wrist its own shade:",[416,417,418,425],"ul",{},[419,420,421,424],"li",{},[422,423,303],"strong",{}," is linked to the active, rational side: decisions, work, putting ideas into action, and the men in your life such as a father or partner. The question may be about a decision you are not acting on, or about rivalry and performance.",[419,426,427,429],{},[422,428,302],{}," is linked to the receptive, feeling side: intuition, creativity, tenderness, and the women in your life such as a mother. The question may be about what you find hard to receive, or a feeling you are not expressing.",[317,431,432],{},"Each wrist can be read on its own, and the balance between acting and receiving is the wider aim.",[312,434,436],{"id":435},"a-gentler-way-to-hold-it","A gentler way to hold it",[317,438,439],{},"The direction is to reflect on the pain so you can see the energy that needs to move, and let it flow with trust so you can act constructively. You trust yourself, stay determined, and keep an openness that helps you weigh each situation. You take the opportunities life offers.",[416,441,442,448,454,460,466,472],{},[419,443,444,447],{},[422,445,446],{},"Name the action you are holding back."," Even writing it down starts to unblock it.",[419,449,450,453],{},[422,451,452],{},"Choose one direction for now."," When pressure leaves you undecided, a small, clear choice helps.",[419,455,456,459],{},[422,457,458],{},"Look at your share."," Notice which responsibility is yours, without blame towards yourself or others.",[419,461,462,465],{},[422,463,464],{},"Let one new idea in."," Try a new solution, or follow a creative impulse you have been resisting.",[419,467,468,471],{},[422,469,470],{},"Say what you have not said."," If you feel tied, start by naming it to someone safe.",[419,473,474,477],{},[422,475,476],{},"Rest the wrist when it needs it."," Pauses, support and treatment are part of acting with care.",{"title":479,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":480},"",[481,482,490,491],{"id":314,"depth":18,"text":315},{"id":351,"depth":18,"text":352,"children":483},[484,485,486,487,488,489],{"id":363,"depth":25,"text":364},{"id":370,"depth":25,"text":371},{"id":377,"depth":25,"text":378},{"id":384,"depth":25,"text":385},{"id":391,"depth":25,"text":392},{"id":398,"depth":25,"text":399},{"id":405,"depth":18,"text":406},{"id":435,"depth":18,"text":436},"2026-10-06","The emotional and spiritual meaning of wrist pain, left and right: how a sore wrist may relate to blocked action, indecision and feeling tied down.","md","hands",[412,497],"\u002Fguides\u002Fspiritual-meaning-of-pain-in-body-parts",[499,502],{"name":500,"url":501},"NHS: Wrist pain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Fhand-pain\u002Fwrist-pain\u002F",{"name":503,"url":504},"MedlinePlus: Wrist Injuries and Disorders","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fwristinjuriesanddisorders.html",{},true,"\u002Fconditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fwrist-pain",[509,510,511,512,513,514],"What do I know needs doing that I keep holding back from doing?","Under so much pressure, do I still know which direction to take?","Is there a responsibility I would rather not carry, or an act whose weight I do not want to recognise?","What does this sore wrist now \"allow\" me not to do?","Which new direction, solution or creative idea am I resisting?","Where do I feel chained or handcuffed, unable to say something?",[338,346,328,333,323],[517,518],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWrist_pain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ8038367",{"title":298,"description":493},"Wrist Pain Spiritual Meaning: Left vs Right Wrist",[522,528,532],{"author":523,"work":524,"entries":525,"pages":527},"Jacques Martel","Le Grand Dictionnaire des Malaises et des Maladies",[526],"Poignet","349–350",{"author":523,"work":524,"entries":529,"pages":531},[530],"Masculin (principe…)","270–271",{"author":523,"work":524,"entries":533,"pages":535},[534],"Féminin (principe…)","182–183","conditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fwrist-pain","Spiritually, wrist pain is often linked to action that is held back, a great indecision about which way to go, and the feeling of being tied or handcuffed in a situation where you cannot say what you need to say.","If this reading resonates with you, noticing the action you keep holding back can be a good next step, once a fall or a swollen wrist has been checked.",[540,541,378,542,543],"Blocked action","Indecision","Flexibility","Feeling tied down",[545,546,547,548,549,550],"Wrist pain after a fall onto an outstretched hand, especially with swelling or tenderness at the base of the thumb. Some wrist fractures do not show at first and need an X-ray.","A wrist that looks deformed, or a hand that is numb, cold or pale after an injury. Go to A&E or urgent care.","A hot, red, swollen wrist, especially with fever. This can be an infection or gout.","Numbness or tingling in the thumb and fingers, often at night, or weakness of the grip.","Pain that has not improved after two weeks of rest and simple painkillers, or that keeps coming back with work or sport.","Morning stiffness in several joints, which can be a sign of inflammatory arthritis.","JqsMT4vzqKhXeOqcSMLl8K5Cnr_BmtGT0VCXOjWFehc",{"id":553,"title":126,"body":554,"comingSoon":10,"dateModified":492,"datePublished":684,"description":127,"extension":494,"groups":685,"guides":692,"icon":129,"medicalSources":694,"meta":695,"navigation":506,"order":43,"path":128,"reflectionQuestions":696,"seo":703,"seoTitle":704,"sources":705,"stem":714,"themes":715,"whenToSeeADoctor":721,"__hash__":728},"areas\u002Fareas\u002Farms-and-hands.md",{"type":309,"value":555,"toc":679},[556,559,566,572,576,579,582,601,605,612,619,631,635,641],[317,557,558],{},"The arm runs from the shoulder to the hand. The shoulder carries, the elbow bends, the hand grasps, and the fingers do the fine work. A break, a dislocation, a deep cut and a sudden loss of strength are medical events. Sudden weakness of one arm, with trouble speaking, is an emergency.",[317,560,561,562,565],{},"In the emotional reading, the arms are how you embrace life, give and receive, and pass into action. They sit close to the ",[321,563,564],{"href":34},"heart",", and the source says love and energy are felt to come from the heart when you are open. The hands carry that further: they take, they give, they do the work, and they can also make a fist.",[567,568,569],"note",{},[317,570,571],{},"This page offers a symbolic and emotional perspective. It is meant to complement medical care, never to replace it. A limb you cannot feel or move, chest pain, or a cut that will not stop bleeding needs urgent care.",[312,573,575],{"id":574},"arms-elbows-and-shoulders","Arms, elbows and shoulders",[317,577,578],{},"The arms represent your ease in embracing life, in welcoming new experiences, and in acting. You use them to touch and to hold, to express creativity, the potential for action, and love. You come closer to people, or you show them that you love them. You also do your work and meet your obligations with them. Crossed arms are read as protection: you close yourself to feelings that do not suit you. Opening the heart and the arms is the acceptance the entry describes.",[317,580,581],{},"The elbows are freedom of movement. They are the flexible joint that lets you change direction, transfer a desire into an act, and welcome a new idea. Pain or stiffness means a lack of flexibility, and the fear of feeling trapped in an unpleasant situation. You may judge people whose way of doing things questions your habits. When the routine is \"unstitched\", the elbows react. You can fear being incompetent in a domain you care about, and then being unable to support your family. You resist a new direction by blocking, without knowing it, the energy of the heart on its way to this joint. You feel obliged to do things against your will, to \"use your elbows\". You fold in on yourself because you distrust the world, and you stay on your positions.",[317,583,584,585,588,589,592,593,330,597,340],{},"The shoulders are the capacity to carry a load: joys, sorrows, responsibilities and insecurities. If you make yourself responsible for other people's happiness, the weight increases and the shoulders hurt. You have too much to do. Things are imposed, or you are not helped, and you feel blocked. The source distinguishes affective insecurity, placed on the left shoulder, from material insecurity, placed on the right. You do not feel supported. You are so afraid of tomorrow that you forget to live today. The responsibility of having to create, to do and to succeed can crush you. Throwing the shoulders back to prove you can face things is read as a front. The ",[321,586,587],{"href":50},"back"," behind them is the part the entry calls weak and twisted by the weight. The ",[321,590,591],{"href":124},"shoulders"," now have their own page, with ",[321,594,596],{"href":595},"\u002Fshoulders\u002Fshoulder-pain","shoulder pain",[321,598,600],{"href":599},"\u002Fshoulders\u002Frounded-shoulders","rounded shoulders",[312,602,604],{"id":603},"hands-and-fingers","Hands and fingers",[317,606,607,608,611],{},"The hands are the capacity to take, to give or to receive. They realise the act and carry out the work. When they are damaged you feel powerless, because the power of touch is so great. The left hand is the hand of the heart: it receives. The right hand is the will and the power: it acts and affirms. Between your hands are the situations of the day. Their state shows how far you grasp your reality, how you express love as well as ",[321,609,610],{"href":243},"hate"," in the form of a fist, and how you \"manipulate\" events or people.",[317,613,614,615,618],{},"Cold hands are read as an emotional withdrawal from a situation or a relationship. You may also be refusing to look after your basic needs. Clammy hands are an excess of ",[321,616,617],{"href":204},"anxiety"," and nervousness. You are overwhelmed. You want to put the fire out yourself. Pain or cramps mean you refuse to be flexible.",[317,620,621,622,626,627,630],{},"The fingers are the prolongation of the hands. They are action in the present moment, the details of the day, dexterity. A hurt finger is read as trying to do too much, clinging to details, going too far or too fast. Your attention is on too many things. You are impatient about gestures you feel you must perform. The French ",[623,624,625],"em",{},"doigt",", finger, sits next to ",[623,628,629],{},"devoir",", duty, and the source uses that closeness. Guilt makes you fear being rapped on the knuckles, or biting your fingers over something you said. A crushed finger raises the question of who, or what, is crushing you, and the fear of losing what you have.",[312,632,634],{"id":633},"caring-for-the-arms-from-the-inside","Caring for the arms from the inside",[317,636,637,638],{},"Injury, nerve entrapment, arthritis and heart disease can all declare themselves in the arm. The emotional perspective adds a question: ",[623,639,640],{},"what am I holding, and what am I unwilling either to give or to receive?",[416,642,643,649,655,661,667,673],{},[419,644,645,648],{},[422,646,647],{},"Notice crossed arms."," Protection is useful. A permanent closure is the spiritual interpretation's warning.",[419,650,651,654],{},[422,652,653],{},"Ask whose happiness is on your shoulders."," A load that is not yours is what makes them hurt in this picture.",[419,656,657,660],{},[422,658,659],{},"Separate left and right."," Receiving and acting are the two hands. One without the other is incomplete.",[419,662,663,666],{},[422,664,665],{},"Look at the detail you are gripping."," Impatience about a small gesture is the finger's theme.",[419,668,669,672],{},[422,670,671],{},"Change one direction."," A stiff elbow is the fear of being trapped in the old way.",[419,674,675,678],{},[422,676,677],{},"Treat chest pain and sudden weakness as medical."," An emotional reading never waits out a possible stroke or heart attack.",{"title":479,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":680},[681,682,683],{"id":574,"depth":18,"text":575},{"id":603,"depth":18,"text":604},{"id":633,"depth":18,"text":634},"2026-10-04",[686,690],{"id":687,"title":688,"description":689},"arms","Arms and elbows","Arms that embrace and carry, and elbows that let you change direction.",{"id":495,"title":604,"description":691},"Hands that take, give and do the work, and fingers that handle the details of the day.",[693,497],"\u002Fguides\u002Femotions-body-map",[],{},[697,698,699,700,701,702],"Who am I willing to take in my arms, and who am I crossing my arms against?","What load am I carrying that actually belongs to someone else's happiness?","Do I feel unsupported, and am I living tomorrow's fear instead of today?","Is my right hand all action, and my left hand unable to receive?","Which small detail am I gripping so hard that I have become impatient?","Where am I refusing to change direction?",{"title":126,"description":127},"Arm & Hand Pain Spiritual Meaning: Elbows, Wrists, Fingers",[706],{"author":523,"work":524,"entries":707,"pages":713},[708,709,710,711,712],"Bras (en général)","Mains (en général)","Doigts (en général)","Coudes (en général)","Épaule(s) (en général)","75–76, 127, 146, 173–174, 259–260","areas\u002Farms-and-hands",[716,717,718,542,719,720],"Giving and receiving","Action","Burden","Contact","Work",[722,723,724,725,726,727],"A deformed, pale or numb arm after an injury. This can be a break or a dislocation.","Sudden weakness or clumsiness of one arm, especially with a facial droop or trouble speaking. Call emergency services.","A hot, swollen joint with fever.","Pain in the chest or arm that could be the heart. Call emergency services.","A hand wound that is deep, dirty, or will not stop bleeding.","Numbness, night pain or dropping objects that persists. This can involve a nerve.","EGbkoNACY9ikAWnioUuRgbhMUkPmGIDe_PeGBgLI500",[730,859,989,1181,1288],{"id":731,"title":732,"affirmation":733,"aka":734,"area":307,"body":737,"dateModified":684,"datePublished":684,"description":813,"extension":494,"group":495,"guides":814,"medicalSources":815,"meta":822,"navigation":506,"path":823,"reflectionQuestions":824,"related":831,"sameAs":833,"seo":836,"seoTitle":837,"sources":838,"stem":843,"summary":844,"supportIntro":845,"themes":846,"whenToSeeADoctor":851,"__hash__":858},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fcarpal-tunnel.md","Carpal tunnel syndrome","I accept the change that has arrived. I can take a risk, discover another path, and include the whole of who I am.",[735,736],"Median nerve compression","Wrist nerve entrapment",{"type":309,"value":738,"toc":808},[739,743,746,755,759,762,765,767,770],[312,740,742],{"id":741},"what-carpal-tunnel-syndrome-is","What carpal tunnel syndrome is",[317,744,745],{},"Carpal tunnel syndrome is compression of the median nerve as it passes through a narrow tunnel at the front of the wrist. You feel numbness, tingling and sometimes pain in the thumb, index and middle fingers, and sometimes weakness of the grip. It is often worse at night or on waking. It is more common in women, in pregnancy, around the menopause, in diabetes, and in people whose work or tools load the wrist. It also happens in men, and without any hormonal change. Splints, changes at work, and sometimes an injection or a small operation relieve the pressure. The nerve is a physical structure. A story about control does not decompress it.",[317,747,748,749,751,752,754],{},"The emotional reading below belongs to seasons when the hand is numb and the life feels narrowed. ",[321,750,347],{"href":346}," is the neighbouring complaint of the arm. The ",[321,753,495],{"href":130}," page is the wider picture.",[312,756,758],{"id":757},"the-emotional-meaning-of-carpal-tunnel-syndrome","The emotional meaning of carpal tunnel syndrome",[317,760,761],{},"It shows up, in this reading, at times of great hormonal change, when you have not yet included a feminine side of yourself in its fullness. That is a question about a season of change in a body, not a rule about women, and not a claim that men are exempt. It usually appears when you feel relegated to the second rank, or when you no longer feel in your place. Before, you had the impression of being the pillar that brought balance to your life and to the people close to you, in the family, at work, or in a social activity. Now the attention is on someone else, and you put pressure on yourself to find new ways of being noticed.",[317,763,764],{},"You do not know how to use your authority. You need to let go, and you refuse to let go of control, to \"loosen the rein\". You tend to want to give orders. You feel far from your partner, and you are no longer in contact with a sexuality that feels absent. You see few solutions and few paths. The tunnel is very narrow. You feel pressed by life, and compressed by your responsibilities, which makes a decision harder. The structures you oblige yourself to satisfy leave you feeling limited.",[312,766,436],{"id":435},[317,768,769],{},"The direction is to accept the newness and the changes that are arriving. A situation or a challenge is read as a chance to acquire a new strength, so that a potential can be realised. This passage is one you make in relation to who you are, and to your physical and inner changes. You accept taking risks, and discovering avenues that bring a real personal satisfaction, because you will have come through your fears. You choose to include what you are, as a whole. You free yourself from what was chaining you, and you come back to yourself.",[416,771,772,778,784,790,796,802],{},[419,773,774,777],{},[422,775,776],{},"Have the nerve tested if the hand is going weak."," Damage is easier to prevent than to reverse.",[419,779,780,783],{},[422,781,782],{},"Ask where you were the pillar, and no longer are."," Being pushed into the background is the season this reading names.",[419,785,786,789],{},[422,787,788],{},"Notice the rein you will not loosen."," Control and the wish to give orders sit together.",[419,791,792,795],{},[422,793,794],{},"Look at the narrow tunnel of choices."," Few paths, and a life that feels compressed, are the image of the wrist.",[419,797,798,801],{},[422,799,800],{},"Include the change in the body."," Pregnancy, menopause, or any real shift is part of the picture. It is not a failure to be feminine or masculine enough.",[419,803,804,807],{},[422,805,806],{},"Use the splint or the treatment you were offered."," Meaning does not open the tunnel.",{"title":479,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":809},[810,811,812],{"id":741,"depth":18,"text":742},{"id":757,"depth":18,"text":758},{"id":435,"depth":18,"text":436},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of carpal tunnel syndrome: how it may relate to feeling pushed aside, a narrow tunnel of choices, and a grip you will not loosen.",[497],[816,819],{"name":817,"url":818},"NHS: Carpal tunnel syndrome","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fcarpal-tunnel-syndrome\u002F",{"name":820,"url":821},"MedlinePlus: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fcarpaltunnelsyndrome.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fcarpal-tunnel",[825,826,827,828,829,830],"Where do I feel relegated to the background, or no longer in my place?","What changed, so that I am no longer the pillar I used to be?","Where do I need to let go of control, and refuse to loosen the rein?","Do I feel far from my partner, or out of contact with my own sexuality?","Which responsibilities are compressing me until a decision feels impossible?","What new strength is this passage actually asking me to develop?",[346,832],"\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fwrist-pain",[834,835],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCarpal_tunnel_syndrome","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ332293",{"title":732,"description":813},"Carpal tunnel syndrome: Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[839],{"author":523,"work":524,"entries":840,"pages":842},[841],"Poignet — Syndrome du canal carpien","350","conditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fcarpal-tunnel","Carpal tunnel syndrome is compression of a nerve in the wrist, with numbness in the fingers, often at night. It is read as a season of change in which you feel relegated, squeezed by responsibilities, and unable to loosen your grip.","If this reading resonates with you, asking where you are squeezing a life that has already changed can be a good next step, while the wrist is given a proper assessment.",[847,848,849,850,378],"Feeling sidelined","Hormonal change","Control","A narrow path",[852,853,854,855,856,857],"Numbness, tingling or pain in the thumb, index and middle fingers, especially at night. A clinician can test the nerve.","Weakness, or things dropping from the hand. Lasting compression can damage the nerve.","Symptoms in pregnancy. They are common and often settle, and they still deserve advice if they are severe.","Numbness with neck pain, or in the little finger only. That may be a different nerve.","A wrist that is swollen, hot or injured.","Splints, therapy, injections and surgery are medical options. A reading does not choose among them.","Gw1gr-k4BB7L6hfIp16gosyYzk-ZQT4hnkmdRv1MiAg",{"id":860,"title":347,"affirmation":861,"aka":862,"area":307,"body":866,"dateModified":684,"datePublished":684,"description":946,"extension":494,"group":687,"guides":947,"medicalSources":948,"meta":952,"navigation":506,"path":953,"reflectionQuestions":954,"related":961,"sameAs":962,"seo":965,"seoTitle":966,"sources":967,"stem":972,"summary":973,"supportIntro":974,"themes":975,"whenToSeeADoctor":981,"__hash__":988},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Ftennis-elbow.md","I can drop an old pattern and take a better direction. I let love move through the events that present themselves.",[863,864,865],"Lateral epicondylitis","Epicondylitis","Elbow tendinopathy",{"type":309,"value":867,"toc":941},[868,872,875,884,888,891,898,900,903],[312,869,871],{"id":870},"what-tennis-elbow-is","What tennis elbow is",[317,873,874],{},"Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylitis, is pain where the tendons of the forearm attach to the bony point on the outer side of the elbow. Despite the name, it is a complaint of repeated gripping and wrist extension, in work as often as in sport. The tissues become sore and irritable. Lifting, pouring and shaking hands hurt. It is an overuse injury. Rest from the provoking movement, a change in how you grip, and a gradual return of strength are the usual care. Forcing the same action because you \"should\" get on with it is how it lasts.",[317,876,877,878,880,881,883],{},"The emotional reading below is about direction, credit and a blow you do not throw. ",[321,879,732],{"href":338}," is the nerve complaint of the wrist beside it. The ",[321,882,687],{"href":130}," page takes up the wider gesture of embracing and of carrying.",[312,885,887],{"id":886},"the-emotional-meaning-of-tennis-elbow","The emotional meaning of tennis elbow",[317,889,890],{},"The elbows give you the flexibility you need when the direction changes. When they are inflamed, the question is what you are opposing with so much resistance, and why. Frustration can grow after repetitive events in your life, with the impression that you must constantly absorb the blows. You can feel you put in more effort than other people to accomplish certain tasks or reach certain results, and that you do not receive the credit you are due. You are very impulsive in your actions. You tend to forget the lessons learned in the past, so you tend to make the same mistakes again.",[317,892,893,894,897],{},"Tennis elbow can indicate that there is something you cannot manage to realise, or that you are being obliged to do and have no taste for. You live a lot of ",[321,895,896],{"href":198},"anger"," about a situation, and you would like to punch someone, and you hold back.",[312,899,436],{"id":435},[317,901,902],{},"The direction is to let old ideas and old patterns go, so you can take the best direction for your own evolution. You also let love circulate in the events that present themselves. The elbow still needs a change in the physical load. Love does not replace that.",[416,904,905,911,917,923,929,935],{},[419,906,907,910],{},[422,908,909],{},"Ask what change of direction you are refusing."," Flexibility is what the elbow is for.",[419,912,913,916],{},[422,914,915],{},"Name the blow you keep absorbing."," Repetition is the medical story and the emotional one.",[419,918,919,922],{},[422,920,921],{},"Notice effort without credit."," The resentment of doing more than others belongs here.",[419,924,925,928],{},[422,926,927],{},"Look at the lesson you keep forgetting."," Impulsiveness is how the same mistake returns.",[419,930,931,934],{},[422,932,933],{},"Ask whom you want to hit, and do not."," Held-back anger is the spiritual interpretation. Acting it out is not the remedy.",[419,936,937,940],{},[422,938,939],{},"Change the grip, not only the story."," A kettle and a keyboard are allowed to be part of the cause.",{"title":479,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":942},[943,944,945],{"id":870,"depth":18,"text":871},{"id":886,"depth":18,"text":887},{"id":435,"depth":18,"text":436},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of tennis elbow: how it may relate to resisting a change of direction, absorbing repeated blows, and an anger you do not strike with.",[497],[949],{"name":950,"url":951},"NHS: Tennis elbow","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Ftennis-elbow\u002F",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Ftennis-elbow",[955,956,957,958,959,960],"What am I resisting so hard that my elbow has to keep changing direction for me?","Which repetitive event am I forever absorbing?","Where do I put in more effort than others and receive no credit?","What lesson have I already learned, and keep repeating anyway?","What am I being obliged to do that I have no taste for?","Whom do I want to hit, and what stops the blow?",[338],[963,964],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTennis_elbow","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ736776",{"title":347,"description":946},"Tennis elbow: Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[968],{"author":523,"work":524,"entries":969,"pages":971},[970],"Coudes — Épicondylite","127","conditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Ftennis-elbow","Tennis elbow is inflammation where the forearm tendons meet the outer elbow. It is read as resistance to a change of direction, the fatigue of absorbing the same blows, and an anger you hold back from throwing.","If this reading resonates with you, naming the repeated blow you are tired of absorbing can be a good next step, while the elbow is rested from the movement that inflames it.",[976,977,978,979,980],"Resistance","Repeated blows","Unrecognised effort","Impulsiveness","Held-back anger",[982,983,984,985,986,987],"Pain on the outer elbow that makes gripping, lifting a kettle or turning a door handle difficult.","Pain after an injury, or with swelling, redness and fever.","Numbness, or pain that travels from the neck. A nerve may be involved.","An elbow that locks, looks deformed, or will not straighten.","Pain that is not improving after a few weeks of relative rest and a change in how you load the arm.","Steroid injections and surgery are decisions for a clinician. Most cases settle with load that is graded, not with pushing on.","-uwxVwrUZrbXNfbxNl6UZ1cYj7L7f-zyxzTX_qpk3bM",{"id":990,"title":991,"affirmation":992,"aka":993,"area":997,"body":998,"dateModified":1131,"datePublished":1131,"description":1132,"extension":494,"group":1133,"guides":1134,"medicalSources":1135,"meta":1142,"navigation":506,"path":1143,"reflectionQuestions":1144,"related":1151,"sameAs":1155,"seo":1158,"seoTitle":1159,"sources":1160,"stem":1165,"summary":1166,"supportIntro":1167,"themes":1168,"whenToSeeADoctor":1173,"__hash__":1180},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fosteoarthritis.md","Osteoarthritis","I become more flexible. I accept others as they are, I take care of myself and I have the right to be happy.",[994,995,996],"Arthrosis","Degenerative joint disease","Wear-and-tear arthritis","joints-and-bones",{"type":309,"value":999,"toc":1118},[1000,1004,1007,1010,1013,1017,1020,1024,1027,1031,1034,1038,1041,1045,1048,1052,1055,1059,1066,1070,1073,1075,1078],[312,1001,1003],{"id":1002},"what-osteoarthritis-is","What osteoarthritis is",[317,1005,1006],{},"Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis. It affects the cartilage that covers the ends of the bones in a joint, which gradually becomes thinner and rougher. The bone underneath reacts, sometimes forming small bony growths, and the joint can become painful, stiff and less mobile.",[317,1008,1009],{},"It most often affects the knees, hips, hands and spine, and becomes more common with age, particularly after 50. Risk factors include genetics, past joint injuries, being overweight, repetitive strain and being a woman. The pain is typically \"mechanical\": it comes on with activity and eases with rest, with some stiffness after inactivity. There is no cure, but exercise, weight management, physiotherapy, pain relief and, in advanced cases, joint replacement can greatly improve quality of life.",[317,1011,1012],{},"The emotional reading below does not replace this. It offers another angle, for those who feel that their joints also carry the way they have lived.",[312,1014,1016],{"id":1015},"the-emotional-meaning-of-osteoarthritis","The emotional meaning of osteoarthritis",[317,1018,1019],{},"In the emotional approach, joints represent flexibility. Osteoarthritis is often read as an amplification of rigid attitudes, patterns and thoughts, as if they had slowly hardened in the body.",[361,1021,1023],{"id":1022},"hardened-thinking","Hardened thinking",[317,1025,1026],{},"Osteoarthritis is linked to a mental hardening, a lack of \"warmth\" in our thoughts. The source notes that cold and damp tend to speed up its onset. This hardening often concerns authority. We may easily feel treated unjustly and blame others for everything and nothing.",[361,1028,1030],{"id":1029},"refusing-to-bend","Refusing to bend",[317,1032,1033],{},"Stiffness prevents the joint from bending, just as, in life, we may no longer want to bend before others or give in. A strong reaction to some form of authority, held back for a long time, may play a part.",[361,1035,1037],{"id":1036},"pushing-past-our-limits","Pushing past our limits",[317,1039,1040],{},"Another theme is an excessive drive to act without seeking rest or balance. We go to the end of our limits without stopping to ask whether we are asking too much of ourselves.",[361,1042,1044],{"id":1043},"enduring-the-intolerable","Enduring the intolerable",[317,1046,1047],{},"Osteoarthritis may reflect the feeling of putting up with a person or a situation that has become intolerable. We may feel chained, as if condemned to forced labour, obliged to do things we feel are beneath us.",[361,1049,1051],{"id":1050},"perfectionism-and-self-criticism","Perfectionism and self-criticism",[317,1053,1054],{},"We may be very perfectionist and criticise ourselves constantly. Rigid and uncompromising with ourselves, we may also feel bitter towards others, believing they do not love us. At times we may want to lay down our arms and give up, because we cannot go on.",[361,1056,1058],{"id":1057},"holding-on-to-the-past","Holding on to the past",[317,1060,1061,1062,1065],{},"Great ",[321,1063,1064],{"href":279},"sorrow"," may come from clinging to an event or a person from our past. It can be hard to face reality, and we may avoid our deepest emotions.",[361,1067,1069],{"id":1068},"forgetting-ourselves","Forgetting ourselves",[317,1071,1072],{},"We may cut ourselves off from pleasure, convinced that we must take care of others before ourselves. Changes and new opportunities that could challenge our old beliefs may feel hard to accept. This constant stubbornness keeps the body under tension.",[312,1074,436],{"id":435},[317,1076,1077],{},"The aim is not to blame yourself for your osteoarthritis. It has real physical causes, and many people with very flexible minds have it. The emotional perspective simply invites you to listen to what your body may be saying.",[416,1079,1080,1088,1094,1100,1106,1112],{},[419,1081,1082,1087],{},[422,1083,1084,1085,340],{},"Acknowledge your ",[321,1086,896],{"href":198}," Accepting consciously that you feel anger, and that some of your thoughts are rigid, is already a step towards change.",[419,1089,1090,1093],{},[422,1091,1092],{},"Accept others as they are."," Letting go of the wish to change them softens a lot of inner tension.",[419,1095,1096,1099],{},[422,1097,1098],{},"Respect your limits."," Build rest and balance into your days before your body forces you to.",[419,1101,1102,1105],{},[422,1103,1104],{},"Give yourself the right to be happy."," Pleasure is not something you have to earn.",[419,1107,1108,1111],{},[422,1109,1110],{},"Live in the here and now."," Let the past be the past, and expect the best for yourself.",[419,1113,1114,1117],{},[422,1115,1116],{},"Keep your joints moving."," Regular, gentle exercise is one of the most effective treatments for osteoarthritis.",{"title":479,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1119},[1120,1121,1130],{"id":1002,"depth":18,"text":1003},{"id":1015,"depth":18,"text":1016,"children":1122},[1123,1124,1125,1126,1127,1128,1129],{"id":1022,"depth":25,"text":1023},{"id":1029,"depth":25,"text":1030},{"id":1036,"depth":25,"text":1037},{"id":1043,"depth":25,"text":1044},{"id":1050,"depth":25,"text":1051},{"id":1057,"depth":25,"text":1058},{"id":1068,"depth":25,"text":1069},{"id":435,"depth":18,"text":436},"2026-09-30","The emotional and spiritual meaning of osteoarthritis: how it may relate to rigid thinking, pushing past your limits, perfectionism and authority.","joints",[497],[1136,1139],{"name":1137,"url":1138},"NHS: Osteoarthritis","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fosteoarthritis\u002F",{"name":1140,"url":1141},"MedlinePlus: Osteoarthritis","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fosteoarthritis.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fosteoarthritis",[1145,1146,1147,1148,1149,1150],"Where have my thoughts and attitudes become rigid over the years?","Do I push myself to the end of my limits without asking whether I am demanding too much?","Is there a person or a situation I feel I must put up with, and that has become intolerable?","How do I feel about authority, and is there a reaction I have been holding back?","Am I holding on to an event or a person from my past?","Do I forget myself because I believe I must take care of others first?",[1152,1153,1154],"\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fosteoporosis","\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fknee-pain","\u002Fhips\u002Fhip-pain",[1156,1157],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FOsteoarthritis","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ62736",{"title":991,"description":1132},"Osteoarthritis: Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[1161],{"author":523,"work":524,"entries":1162,"pages":1164},[1163],"Arthrite — Arthrose","57–58","conditions\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fosteoarthritis","Osteoarthritis is often read as a hardening of attitudes. Rigid thinking, pushing beyond our limits without rest, perfectionism and resentment towards authority may slowly stiffen the joints.","If this reading resonates with you, allowing yourself real rest and pleasure, without having to earn it, can be a good next step.",[1169,1170,1171,1172,1058],"Rigid thinking","Pushing past limits","Perfectionism","Authority",[1174,1175,1176,1177,1178,1179],"A joint that suddenly becomes hot, red and very swollen, especially with fever. Seek urgent medical care.","Morning stiffness lasting more than 30 minutes, or swelling in several joints, which may point to another form of arthritis.","A joint that locks, gives way or becomes deformed.","Pain that wakes you at night or does not ease with rest.","Pain that stops you from walking, sleeping or doing everyday tasks. Many treatments can help.","Side effects from pain medication, especially stomach pain or black stools.","dhIkfNrOzU8W6VEpuQT82kRYh_Sw_J9ZBDMM4mIVAIE",{"id":1182,"title":1183,"affirmation":1184,"aka":1185,"area":997,"body":1187,"dateModified":1246,"datePublished":1246,"description":1247,"extension":494,"group":1133,"guides":1248,"medicalSources":1250,"meta":1257,"navigation":506,"path":1258,"reflectionQuestions":1259,"related":1263,"sameAs":1265,"seo":1268,"seoTitle":1269,"sources":1270,"stem":1275,"summary":1276,"supportIntro":1277,"themes":1278,"whenToSeeADoctor":1282,"__hash__":1287},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Frheumatoid-arthritis.md","Rheumatoid arthritis","I can take my place as I am, with the skill the years have already given me.",[1183,1186],"Inflammatory arthritis",{"type":309,"value":1188,"toc":1239},[1189,1193,1196,1200,1206,1213,1217,1223,1226,1228],[312,1190,1192],{"id":1191},"what-rheumatoid-arthritis-is","What rheumatoid arthritis is",[317,1194,1195],{},"Rheumatoid arthritis is inflammation in several joints at once. The immune system attacks the lining and the connective tissue of the joints, so pain and swelling can spread and, without treatment, the joints can be damaged. It is an autoimmune disease. It is not a mood that chose to turn on the body. Modern medicines can slow it. Early care matters more than a perfect story about why it started.",[312,1197,1199],{"id":1198},"the-emotional-meaning-of-rheumatoid-arthritis","The emotional meaning of rheumatoid arthritis",[317,1201,1202,1203,1205],{},"Spiritually, this illness is an attack on the self, when strong feelings of rancour and pain have had no way out. It sits beside a deep contempt for yourself, a ",[321,1204,610],{"href":243}," or a rage held for a long time, and a self-criticism so intense that it seems to reach the most basic energy of a life. Shame and guilt from particular experiences are often in the background. None of that is the immune system. It is the climate a person may recognise.",[317,1207,1208,1209,1212],{},"A larger criticism is aimed at authority: a person, a government, anything that stands over you. You refuse to bend, whatever the cost. Everyone who has disturbed you or hurt you is taken, in the French phrase, ",[623,1210,1211],{},"en grippe",", held in a lasting ill will. Movement becomes limited, and so does the freedom to choose a direction, because the joints hurt too much. The body stiffens in the way the attitudes have stiffened. Strong emotion stays unspoken. You feel oppressed and submitted, and the behaviour that follows is self-erasure, self-sacrifice, and rumination. The scapegoat role is one the spiritual interpretation names as a question: how far is this sacrifice actually love, and how far does it respect you?",[361,1214,1216],{"id":1215},"skill-and-the-refusal-of-softness","Skill, and the refusal of softness",[317,1218,1219,1220,1222],{},"The illness is also read beside a loss of gestures you once made with skill. A seamstress who feels slower, an athlete who is no longer at full capacity, a person who was extremely demanding of themselves: the shared note is devaluation. There is no room for error. The softness of life is refused. Rigidity, frustration, and inner ",[321,1221,896],{"href":198}," close the fists. Sport may have carried that for years. When the sport stops, the same frustration looks for another door. Compulsion, obstinacy, moralising, and an uneasy relationship with power belong in the same portrait. Directing everything, without noticing that you are doing it, is one face. Sacrificing yourself for others, out of an aggression you never showed, is the other.",[317,1224,1225],{},"The step is to accept your strengths and your weaknesses together. Experience already gained is an asset, even if you feel less fast. New ways of being, and aims that match what you actually love, are the re-evaluation to make. Pleasure and the joy of living are allowed back into the plan.",[312,1227,436],{"id":435},[416,1229,1230,1233,1236],{},[419,1231,1232],{},"Name one standard you are still punishing yourself for missing.",[419,1234,1235],{},"Ask, of one sacrifice, whether it is love or whether it is erasure.",[419,1237,1238],{},"Softness towards your own limits can live beside the drug that protects the joint.",{"title":479,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1240},[1241,1242,1245],{"id":1191,"depth":18,"text":1192},{"id":1198,"depth":18,"text":1199,"children":1243},[1244],{"id":1215,"depth":25,"text":1216},{"id":435,"depth":18,"text":436},"2026-10-05","The emotional and spiritual meaning of rheumatoid arthritis: many joints inflamed at once, and a long criticism turned back on yourself.",[1249,497],"\u002Fguides\u002Flouise-hay-list",[1251,1254],{"name":1252,"url":1253},"NHS: Rheumatoid arthritis","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Frheumatoid-arthritis\u002F",{"name":1255,"url":1256},"MedlinePlus: Rheumatoid Arthritis","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Frheumatoidarthritis.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Frheumatoid-arthritis",[1260,1261,1262],"Where am I harder on myself than I would ever be on someone I love?","Which authority am I refusing, and what is that refusal costing my body?","What standard am I still trying to meet that no longer fits the life I want?",[328,1264],"\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fgout",[1266,1267],"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ187255","https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRheumatoid_arthritis",{"title":1183,"description":1247},"Rheumatoid Arthritis: Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[1271],{"author":523,"work":524,"entries":1272,"pages":1274},[1273],"Arthrite — Polyarthrite rhumatoïde","pp. 59–60","conditions\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Frheumatoid-arthritis","Rheumatoid arthritis inflames many joints at once, as the immune system attacks the tissue there. It is read as a deep self-criticism, and a resentment that never found a way out.","If this reading resonates with you, a softening practice can sit beside the medicines that protect the joints.",[1279,1280,1281],"the joints","self-criticism","a refused authority",[1283,1284,1285,1286],"Hot, swollen joints, morning stiffness that lasts, and fatigue need a doctor early.","Rheumatoid arthritis can damage joints if it is left untreated.","Do not stop a disease-modifying drug, a steroid, or a pain plan because you have understood a feeling.","Fever with a hot joint can be an infection and needs urgent care.","Oezv9bwroEn90BoyuQ7jPtV8AMAyBnZs0IRbxxctBQM",{"id":1289,"title":1290,"affirmation":1291,"aka":1292,"area":997,"body":1299,"dateModified":492,"datePublished":492,"description":1426,"extension":494,"group":1133,"guides":1427,"medicalSources":1428,"meta":1435,"navigation":506,"path":1436,"reflectionQuestions":1437,"related":1444,"sameAs":1446,"seo":1449,"seoTitle":1450,"sources":1451,"stem":1460,"summary":1461,"supportIntro":1462,"themes":1463,"whenToSeeADoctor":1469,"__hash__":1475},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fsprain.md","Sprain","I take the time to change direction. I can move forward freely, and I treat this pause as useful.",[1293,1294,1295,1296,1297,1298],"Sprained ankle","Twisted ankle","Sprained wrist","Ligament sprain","Rolled ankle","Entorse",{"type":309,"value":1300,"toc":1415},[1301,1305,1308,1311,1314,1317,1321,1324,1328,1331,1335,1338,1342,1348,1352,1359,1361,1367,1381,1383],[312,1302,1304],{"id":1303},"what-a-sprain-is","What a sprain is",[317,1306,1307],{},"A sprain is an injury to a ligament, the tough band that holds two bones together at a joint. It happens when the joint is twisted or bent further than it should go, for example when you roll an ankle on uneven ground or land on an outstretched hand. The ankle and the wrist are the joints most often sprained, along with the knee and the thumb.",[317,1309,1310],{},"A sprain causes pain, swelling, bruising and difficulty using the joint. A mild sprain stretches the ligament; a severe one tears it partly or completely. A strain is a similar injury to a muscle rather than a ligament.",[317,1312,1313],{},"Most sprains get better at home within a few weeks. For the first days, the usual care is rest, an ice pack wrapped in a towel, a supportive bandage and keeping the joint raised, then gentle movement as the pain allows. A badly swollen joint should be checked, as it can be hard to tell a severe sprain from a broken bone without an X-ray. Physiotherapy helps when a joint stays weak.",[317,1315,1316],{},"The emotional meaning below does not replace this care. It offers another angle for those who feel the injury came at a telling moment.",[312,1318,1320],{"id":1319},"the-emotional-meaning-of-a-sprain","The emotional meaning of a sprain",[317,1322,1323],{},"Joints stand for flexibility, your ability to bend with the situations of life. The ankle and the wrist are where energy gathers just before it becomes action: the ankle carries you in a direction, the wrist turns what you want into what you do. Spiritually, a sprain is a sharp brake. Something is being asked of you, and part of you does not want to do it.",[361,1325,1327],{"id":1326},"resisting-with-all-your-strength","Resisting with all your strength",[317,1329,1330],{},"You may be resisting, or feeling unsure, about the direction you are taking (the ankle) or what you are doing (the wrist), now or in a new situation. You hold on so as not to give in. When the pressure grows too strong, the ligaments take the blow. A mental tension you can no longer bear may come with a wish to give up altogether.",[361,1332,1334],{"id":1333},"guilt-for-resisting","Guilt for resisting",[317,1336,1337],{},"Resistance can bring its own guilt, and a hidden wish to punish yourself for not giving way. The question is whether a fall at this moment says more about that inner conflict than about the pavement.",[361,1339,1341],{"id":1340},"mild-or-severe","Mild or severe",[317,1343,1344,1345,1347],{},"The more stubbornness, ",[321,1346,896],{"href":198},", guilt or strain there is, the stronger the image: a mild sprain where the ligament is stretched, or a severe one where it is torn. A tear is read as a break with a person or a situation. Something is being pulled away from you that you refuse to let go.",[361,1349,1351],{"id":1350},"bending-a-rule","Bending a rule",[317,1353,1354,1355,1358],{},"In French, ",[623,1356,1357],{},"faire une entorse à"," something, literally \"to sprain\" it, means to bend a rule or break a principle. So the sprain also asks: have I bent justice, or my own integrity? Is there a wrong I refuse to admit?",[312,1360,406],{"id":405},[317,1362,1363,1364,1366],{},"The ",[321,1365,413],{"href":412}," add a nuance:",[416,1368,1369,1375],{},[419,1370,1371,1374],{},[422,1372,1373],{},"Left ankle or wrist:"," the receptive, feminine side. A direction or a task tied to your feelings, your home, or the women in your life.",[419,1376,1377,1380],{},[422,1378,1379],{},"Right ankle or wrist:"," the active, masculine side. A direction or a task tied to work, responsibilities, decisions, or the men in your life.",[312,1382,436],{"id":435},[416,1384,1385,1391,1397,1403,1409],{},[419,1386,1387,1390],{},[422,1388,1389],{},"Remember the moment."," Notice what you were doing and feeling just as it happened. That moment often holds the question.",[419,1392,1393,1396],{},[422,1394,1395],{},"Ask what to give up."," Is there something you are about to do that it would be wiser to let go of?",[419,1398,1399,1402],{},[422,1400,1401],{},"Check your ground."," See whether your choices rest on solid foundations or on your fears.",[419,1404,1405,1408],{},[422,1406,1407],{},"Reorient."," Use the time off your feet to make the changes that let you move forward freely and feel at ease in yourself.",[419,1410,1411,1414],{},[422,1412,1413],{},"Be kind about the pause."," If you cannot walk or work for a while, you are not useless. Treat the rest as part of the turn, not as a failure.",{"title":479,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1416},[1417,1418,1424,1425],{"id":1303,"depth":18,"text":1304},{"id":1319,"depth":18,"text":1320,"children":1419},[1420,1421,1422,1423],{"id":1326,"depth":25,"text":1327},{"id":1333,"depth":25,"text":1334},{"id":1340,"depth":25,"text":1341},{"id":1350,"depth":25,"text":1351},{"id":405,"depth":18,"text":406},{"id":435,"depth":18,"text":436},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of a sprain: resisting a direction, braking hard, insecurity about what you do and a break you refuse.",[],[1429,1432],{"name":1430,"url":1431},"NHS: Sprains and strains","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fsprains-and-strains\u002F",{"name":1433,"url":1434},"MedlinePlus: Sprains and Strains","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fsprainsandstrains.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fsprain",[1438,1439,1440,1441,1442,1443],"What was I doing, and feeling, at the very moment I twisted it?","Am I about to do something I would be better off giving up?","Which direction, or which task, am I resisting with all my strength?","Is there a mistake I find hard to admit to someone?","Am I standing on solid ground, or on my fears?","Have I bent a rule, or my own integrity, recently?",[1445,832,1153,338],"\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Fankle-pain",[1447,1448],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSprain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ470747",{"title":1290,"description":1426},"Sprain Spiritual Meaning: Ankle vs Wrist, Left vs Right",[1452,1456,1458],{"author":523,"work":524,"entries":1453,"pages":1455},[1454],"Articulations — Entorse","61–62",{"author":523,"work":524,"entries":1457,"pages":531},[530],{"author":523,"work":524,"entries":1459,"pages":535},[534],"conditions\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fsprain","Spiritually, a sprain is often linked to resistance. You put the brakes on a direction (the ankle) or on what you are doing (the wrist), until the pressure lands on the ligaments.","If this reading resonates with you, while the joint is rested and raised, a quiet look at the direction you were resisting can be a good next step.",[976,1464,1465,1466,1467,1468],"Insecurity about direction","Refusing to give way","A break with someone","Self-punishment","Integrity",[1470,1471,1472,1473,1474],"You heard a crack, the joint looks deformed, you cannot put any weight on it, or it is numb, cold or pale. Go to A&E, as it may be broken.","Severe pain that is not eased by rest and simple pain relief, or swelling that keeps getting worse.","A high temperature with a hot, red joint, which can mean an infection.","No improvement after about a week, or the joint keeps giving way.","A sprain that keeps happening to the same ankle or wrist. Physiotherapy can strengthen it.","bRj_CgRYjtof1LW1uYooy_tOn0gKPH1nTfp3K2lKpI4",[],[1478,1482],{"path":412,"title":1479,"description":1480,"category":1481,"readingTime":64},"Left side vs right side of the body: spiritual meaning","The emotional and spiritual meaning of the left and right sides of the body: the feminine and masculine principles, and how they apply to pain.","body-maps",{"path":497,"title":1483,"description":1484,"category":1485,"readingTime":84},"Spiritual meaning of pain in body parts: a head-to-toe guide","What pain in each part of the body may mean spiritually, from headaches to heel pain, with the left and right sides and a quick map to every page.","symptoms",1791298687680]